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Rethinking Global Ageing
Professor Sarah Harper presented a talk on Global Ageing on 4th May hosted by The Institute of International and European Affairs and Age & Opportunity in Dublin. This event was co-hoste...
Conference on Managers and the European Labour Market
Dr George Leeson, Co-Director of the Institute, will be addressing participants at upcoming meeting of the an upcoming conference 'Managers and the European Labour Market: facing Dem...
1st IAGG Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics
1st IAGG Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics Conference website: www.iagg.cmc-uct.co.za Programme and Information [pdf] Convened by the Inter...
Imagining our Future
Imagining our Future Lausanne, Switzerland September 13th, 2012 Individualism, financial crises, social inequalities, demographic shifts, climate disruptions, insufficient natural resources,...
Professorial Fellow Bleddyn Davies shares his Expert Insights at Policy and Politics Conference
The upcoming Conference: 40 Years of Policy & Politics: Critical Reflections and Strategies for the Future taking place at the Marriott Hotel in Bristol from 18-19 September 2012...
Envisioning the Future of Jewish Social Welfare in Europe 2012-2025
Dr George Leeson, Co-Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing participated in a Jewish Social Welfare Committee Think Tank in February 2012. The event was designed as a platorm t...
IAGG Conference 'Africa Ageing. Beyond Madrid +10' [17-20 October 2012, Cape Town]
Africa Ageing Beyond Madrid +10 1st IAGG Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics Announcement for and Conference programme. The scientific programme comprises over 20 pap...
First Africa-wide conference on Ageing ‘Africa Ageing: Beyond Madrid + 10’
Ten years since the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) – the framework set by the international community in 2002 as a blueprint for national responses to p...
The Challenges of an Ageing Society in Japan | 4th December 2012, Japan Foundation
Ageing Society is a phenomenon happening not only in Japan but also in many other developed countries, and will soon spread to developing countries as well. A seminar being held on 4th...
Lecture: Demography of Health, Zurich Life Science Day
On 30th July 2012, Professor Sarah Harper will make a presentation on the Demography of Health as at the Zuerich Life Science Day. This session is an integral part of The Future of Health foru...
Community Development with Older Persons in South Africa
In his keynote lecture, given as part of Larna’s Conference ‘Ageing in Latin America’ (Mexico City, 6th-8th November) Jaco Hoffmann discussed issues surrounding human centred appr...
Demographic shift and global risk: WEF roundtable report
Leading representatives of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the World Demographic and Ageing Forum and Swiss Re gathered at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue on 25th August 2010 to discuss the...
'Ageing in Latin America': LARNA Conference, Mexico City, 6-8 October 2010
The second Oxford Institute of Ageing’s LARNA (Latin American Research Network on Ageing) conference is being held at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City from 6 to 8 O...
Schools should teach life course skills to help children cope with future longevity
Addressing the annual Headmaster and Mistress's Conference in London, Sarah Harper, Professor of Gerontology and Demography of OIA, called on Schools to consider introducing life course s...
Panel debate and discussion on ageing and vitality at the Royal Society of Arts
THE LONG RUN: LIFE IS A MARATHON Royal Society of Arts, London, 7- 8.30 pm, Thursday 12 July 2012. Panel debate and discussion on ageing and vitality with Tom Kirkwood, Newcastle; Sarah Ha...